Continued from back…Shinde’s jewelry at Oscars – Last Part Dear Well Wishers, As mentioned earlier Harry Winston is known for adding glamour to the Oscars red carpet with their diamond jewelry. The jeweler has been called the “king of diamonds” and “Jeweler to the Stars.” Harry Winston called Ambaji Shinde the “jewel behind the jewel.” Humble to the end, No doubt Ambaji Shinde was a master of his craft, creating…
Continued from back… Shinde Jewels – Part Two Dear Well Wishers,American jeweler Harry Winston has published many books and all of them are included with designerAmbaji Shinde’s work. We were lucky to had most of the books and Shinde’s amazing work of designs with detailed discroptions as well. Pleases see some of them below… Very few brands have such an illustrious…
1) Ambaji Shinde in his office/studio at Harry Winston… 2) Ambaji Shinde… 3) ‘Shinde Jewels’ a book written by Reema Keswani who is an expert gemologist, jewelry historian and designer… Shinde Jewels – Part One Dear Well Wishers, Shinde was a very good tabla player. He used to do tabla practice every week while playing classical music on Sony’s reel-to-reel tape recorder. He used to…
Dear Well Wishers,When Kishanbhai sang “Kal khel mein hum ho na ho, Gardish mein taare rahenge sada. Bhoologe tum bhoolenge woh, Par hum tumhare rahenge sada” at his 80th BirthDay celebration held in Satyanarayan Mandir last night (3/6/25), I told him Bhaisab, you also should sing “Har dil jo pyaar karega vo gaana gaayega, Deevaana sainkadon men pahachaana jaayega…” It was my pleasure to…
Dear Well Wishers,Who will forget 1960’s Indian epic historical drama film Mughal-e-Azam (The Great Mughal Emperor Akbar),produced and directed by K. Asif. Well, I was 13 years old when I saw this movie at Maratha Mandir theater in Mumbai with my dear father. I do remebered the day was 5 August, 1960… Anyway, director K. Asif came from Pakistan. Later K….
Continued from part one… + Thanx for your courteous responses, truly appreciated. JVK. The search for ‘Anarkali’ in Mughal-e-Azam… Dear Well Wishers, In 1944, Asif planned to make a film called ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ based on Mughal Emperor Akbar the Great’s court dancer ‘Anarkali’. Actor Chandramohan in the male lead and the then upcoming actress Nargis in the female lead. However, Chandramohan, died before the…
Continued from part two… Good Morning, When I went to see premier of ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ with my dear father at Maratha Mandir theatre, Bombay Central, Mumbai, I do remembered ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ was brought to the theater on an elephant in 1960. The film prints were carried to the Maratha Mandir cinema on the back of a decorated elephant. The elephant was accompanied by bugles…
Continued from part three… Memories – Mughal-e-Azam – Last Part Four “The story behind the scene” Good Morning, Since ‘Valentine’s Day’ on this Friday 14, I thought I should write memories on ‘Mughal-e-Azam’ andending the ‘story behind the scene’ of the most evergreen and romantic song ‘Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya’… ‘Pyar Kiya To Darna Kya’ from the movie “Mughal-e-Azam” is widely considered…
Continued from part two… Patriotic Song: ‘Pranam Un Dulahno Ko Mera’ – Asha Bhosle, Kavi Pradeep and C Ramchandra. ‘Pranam Un Dulahno Ko Mera’ This was a follow up to song ‘Aye Mere Watan Ke Logo’… It was 1965, when victory over Pakinstan in 1965 war, a big Concert was organized for Army Widows Welfare in New Delhi. C. Ramchandra & Pradeep created…
Dear Well Wishers,My dear father was a professor of english and was well known literary person as well. So, due to his profession, our house walls are filled with thousands of books. After his demise, we donated hisentire books to the libraries, colleges and University of Bombay. We did keep some of his published, selected and rare books along with collection…